Intel Pentium B940 vs Intel Core M-5Y51

Intel Pentium B940
Intel Socket G2 (988B)MOBILE
2000 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2011
Intel Pentium B940
Intel Core M-5Y51
MOBILE
1100 MHz / Cores: 2 / Oct 2014
Intel Core M-5Y51

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium B940
    100%
  • Intel Core M-5Y51
    111%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium B940
    100%
  • Intel Core M-5Y51
    122%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium B940
    100%
  • Intel Core M-5Y51
    104%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium B940

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core M-5Y51

Much higher single threaded performance (around 22% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 11% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core M-5Y51

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core M-5Y51

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium B940Intel Core M-5Y51
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
Intel 64
XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
Smart Cache.
AVX
EIST
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading

Architecture

Intel Pentium B940Intel Core M-5Y51
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_Broadwell
MarketMobilevsMobile
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameSandy BridgevsBroadwell-Y
Release DateJun 2011vsOct 2014

Cores

Intel Pentium B940Intel Core M-5Y51
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)vsIntel HD 5300

Cache

Intel Pentium B940Intel Core M-5Y51
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache2048 KB (shared)vs4096 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium B940Intel Core M-5Y51
SocketIntel Socket G2 (988B)vs
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackagerPGAvs
Die Size131mm²vs50mm²
Process32 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium B940Intel Core M-5Y51
Cpu Frequency2000 MHzvs1100 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs2600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP35 Wvs5 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium B940
    2000 points
  • Intel Core M-5Y51
    2912 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium B940
    4000 points
  • Intel Core M-5Y51
    2956 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark06 CPU

  • Intel Pentium B940
    2034
  • Intel Core M-5Y51
    2127

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Pentium B940
    2609.5
  • Intel Core M-5Y51
    3190

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Pentium B940
    5066.5
  • Intel Core M-5Y51
    5291

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium B940
    1.56
  • Intel Core M-5Y51
    1.65

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • Intel Pentium B940
    19.9
  • Intel Core M-5Y51
    15.45

seconds - lower is better